Drive and Thirst

Drive

Drive noun - A strong wish for something.

Usage example: a drive to succeed in the television news business

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Thirst and drive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thirst" instead a noun "Drive".

Nearby Words: driving, driven, driver, driveway

Thirst noun - A strong wish for something.

Usage example: his thirst for knowledge is evident in his book-filled house

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Drive and thirst are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drive" instead a noun "Thirst".

Nearby Words: thirsty, thirsting, thirstily, thirsted

human	human drive	human thirst
high	high drive	high thirst
nice	nice drive	nice thirst
long	long drive	long thirst
Other adjectives: normal, strong, constant, increased, intense, personal, new, insane.

drive home

thirst home

Hugh's hallucinations and thirst were symptom's of his real problem, his father was using Datura to drive him insane.

Source: Bibliography / Agatha Christie
In an episode of Minder, Arthur Daley somehow manages to find himself in the middle of inhospitable outback and in real danger of dying of thirst a few hours drive outside of Sydney.

Source: Land Downunder
The first thing to be noticed is the ever-present Beast, the name given to the urges that drive vampires away from their Humanity (one of them being an endless thirst for the blood of the living).

Source: Tabletop Game / Vampire: The Requiem

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